George Nessman
{{short description|American athletic administrator and college basketball coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = George Nessman
| image = George Nessman Sept 2012.JPG
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| current_title = Athletic director
| current_team = Justin-Siena High School
| current_conference = CIF North Coast Section
| current_record =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|3|22}}
| birth_place = Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater = {{nowrap|University of California, Berkeley}}
San Francisco State University
{{nowrap|Saint Mary's College of California}}
| coach_years1 = 1981–1984
| coach_team1 = Salesian HS (XC/track)
| coach_years2 = 1984–1993
| coach_team2 = De La Salle HS
| coach_years3 = 1993–2001
| coach_team3 = Porterville
| coach_years4 = 2002–2004
| coach_team4 = Bakersfield
| coach_years5 = 2004–2005
| coach_team5 = California (asst.)
| coach_years6 = 2005–2013
| coach_team6 = San Jose State
| coach_years7 = 2013–2014
| coach_team7 = Harker HS (asst. boys' JV)
| admin_years1 = 1995–2001
| admin_team1 = Porterville CC
| admin_years2 = 2014–present
| admin_team2 = Justin-Siena HS
| overall_record = 203–106 (junior college)
86–161 (college)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record = 4–3 (CCCAA)
0–1 (CBI)
| championships = CCCAA (2000)
| awards = CCCAA Coach of the Year (2000)
| coaching_records =
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George Raymond Nessman II (born March 22, 1959) is an American athletic administrator and former college basketball coach who is the current athletic director at Justin-Siena High School. Nessman coached at the high school and community college levels before becoming an assistant basketball coach at California in 2004. From 2005 to 2013, Nessman was the men's basketball head coach at San Jose State. He was also athletic director at Porterville College from 1995 to 2001 while also serving as men's basketball head coach.
Early life and education
Nessman was born in Stamford, Connecticut and moved to the Bay Area when he was nine.{{cite web|last=Emmons|first=Mark|title=New SJSU coach seeking 'new look' and more wins|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/colleges/san_jose_state/13238900.htm|work=San Jose Mercury News|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051126025305/http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/colleges/san_jose_state/13238900.htm|archivedate=November 26, 2005|date=November 23, 2005|url-status=dead}} Nessman graduated from De La Salle High School in Concord, California in 1977.{{cite web|title=Honors for Hall of Fame Inductees and Alumnus of the Year 2012|url=http://www.dlshs.org/news/detail.aspx?linkid=800&moduleid=60,26,45|publisher=De La Salle High School|accessdate=September 29, 2012|date=June 6, 2012|place=Concord, California}} Nessman received his Bachelor of Arts degree in social welfare from the University of California, Berkeley in 1981 and later two master's degrees: from San Francisco State University (1988, education) and from Saint Mary's College of California (1995, physical education and recreation).
Coaching career
=Salesian High School cross country and track=
Nessman began coaching at the high school level after graduating from Berkeley: from 1981 to 1984, he coached cross country running and track and field at Salesian High School in Richmond, California.
=De La Salle High School basketball=
From 1984 to 1993, he coached varsity basketball at De La Salle High School in Concord, California. The De La Salle basketball team under Nessman had a 155–40 record, one section and five conference championships, and four appearances in the NorCal tournament, including a runner-up finish in 1993. Jon Barry and Brent Barry, the sons of Rick Barry who would later play in the National Basketball Association, played at De La Salle under Nessman.{{cite web|title=George Nessman|url=http://www.calbears.com/news/2013/4/17/208187271.aspx|work=CalBears.com|accessdate=March 27, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060219061520/http://calbears.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/nessman_george00.html|archivedate=February 19, 2006}}
=Porterville CC and Bakersfield CC head coach=
Next, Nessman coached basketball at the community college level. From 1993 to 2001, Nessman coached basketball at Porterville College and was also athletic director at the school from 1995 to 2001. During his eight seasons there, the team went 188–68, including a 33-4 state championship season in 2000, when Nessman was named California Community College Coach of the Year. Porterville had a 40-game win streak from January 2000 to February 2001.
In November 2000, the state Commission on Athletics placed Porterville on probation for a season due to improper benefits provided to men's basketball players.{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Brian|title=College's men's team moving on|url=http://www.recorderonline.com/college-s-men-s-team-moving-on/article_98d919ac-074b-534f-a442-f9039d2e4522.html|website=Porterville Recorder|accessdate=March 27, 2015|date=November 13, 2000}} The next month, Nessman became interim head coach for Porterville's women's basketball team.{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Brian|title=Chalk Talk: Robinson out as Pirate women's mentor|url=http://www.recorderonline.com/chalk-talk-robinson-out-as-pirate-women-s-mentor/article_5dd34826-18eb-538b-9faf-4446d0cbf78c.html|website=Porterville Recorder|accessdate=March 27, 2015|date=December 16, 2000}}
Nessman left the coaching position to become an academic advisor for athletics from 2001 to 2002 and then became head basketball coach of Bakersfield College for two years until 2004. Bakersfield went 30-32 under Nessman.
=California assistant coach=
Nessman returned to his alma mater UC Berkeley for the 2004–2005 to be an assistant coach and recruiter for the California Golden Bears men's basketball team. At California, Nessman coached future NBA draft picks DeVon Hardin and Dominic McGuire as well as power forward/center Rod Benson, who would play professionally in the NBA D-League and overseas.
=San Jose State head coach=
San Jose State University appointed Nessman as men's basketball head coach in March 2005, and Nessman was the only WAC coach with two master's degrees. The San Jose State Spartans finished the 2004–2005 season with a 6-23 overall record under coach Phil Johnson.{{cite news|last=Chapin|first=Dwight|title=SJSU coach starts on the run|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/16/SPGGEBQ3OO1.DTL|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=March 16, 2005|pages=D5}} San Jose State's athletic director at the time was Tom Bowen, who was previously athletic director at Concord's De La Salle High School when Nessman was varsity basketball coach there.{{cite web|last1=Kehe|first1=Andy|title=Former BC coach takes on Spartan mentality|url=http://www.bakersfield.com/news/columnist/kehe/x251085161/Former-BC-coach-takes-on-Spartan-mentality|website=Bakersfield Californian|accessdate=March 20, 2015|date=February 10, 2006}}
Nessman's first season was the first time the Spartans signed a player directly from a San Francisco Bay Area high school in 21 years. The Spartans finished 2005–2006, Nessman's first season, 6-24 (2-14 in Western Athletic Conference play), and Nessman signed three more Bay Area players to the team for the following season.{{cite news|last=Curtis|first=Jake|title=Spartan men are set to begin again|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/06/SPG58M6P3A1.DTL|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=November 6, 2006|pages=C4}} Although SJSU finished 2006-2007 only 6-24 (4-12 WAC), San Jose State extended Nessman's contract, originally set at four years in 2005, for two more years through the 2010–11 season.{{cite web|author=Miedema, Lawrence|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/sjsu-spartans/ci_5365129|title=SJSU is showing faith in Nessman|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=March 6, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302191109/http://www.mercurynews.com/collegesports/ci_5365129|archivedate=March 2, 2015|url-status=live}} The Spartans followed up with a 14-19 (4-12) record in 2007–2008, the best team record in 14 years.{{cite news|last=Curtis|first=Jake|title=San Jose State hopes to compete for WAC basketball title|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/14/SPG3140UK8.DTL|newspaper=San Francisco Chroncicle|date=November 14, 2008|pages=D2}} In 2008, the NCAA reduced the number of scholarships for San Jose State men's basketball by two, as a result of an unsatisfactory four-year Academic Progress Rate of 886 (the minimum satisfactory APR is 925) that spanned predecessor Phil Johnson's final two seasons (2003–04 and 2004–05) and Nessman's first two seasons.{{cite web|last1=Morinaga|first1=Dayton|title=Three UH sports penalized|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/May/07/sp/hawaii805070431.html|website=Honolulu Advertiser|accessdate=March 20, 2015|date=May 7, 2008}}{{cite web|title=NCAA Division I 2006 - 2007 Academic Progress Rate Public Report, San Jose State University|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/apr2007/630_2007_apr.pdf|publisher=NCAA|accessdate=March 20, 2015|date=August 6, 2008}}
In 2008–09, Nessman led the Spartans of San Jose State University to the most WAC road victories in eight seasons.{{cite web|url=http://www.sjsuspartans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=5600&ATCLID=202839|title=George Nessman|publisher=San Jose State University Athletics|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414041051/http://www.sjsuspartans.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=29325&SPID=2292&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=5600&ATCLID=202839&Q_SEASON=2012|archivedate=April 14, 2013}}
In earning a berth to the 2011 College Basketball Invitational, Nessman became the fourth basketball coach at San Jose State to lead the team to the postseason. The 17 wins for the 2010–11 season were the most for the Spartans since 1980–81. Bowen signed Nessman to a new three-year contract following the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.sjsuspartans.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/071411aaa.html |title=Nessman Gets New 3-Year Contract |publisher=San Jose State University |date=July 14, 2011 |accessdate=June 21, 2016 }} Adrian Oliver and Justin Graham earned all-Western Athletic Conference honors in 2011. However, San Jose State fell to 9–22 (1–13 in WAC play) in the 2011–12 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/san-jose-state/2012-schedule.html |title= 2011-12 San Jose State Spartans Schedule and Results|website=www.sports-reference.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304220015/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/san-jose-state/2012-schedule.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016}} In the 2012–13 season, after a 9–6 start, San Jose State finished 9-20 (3–14 WAC) following the suspension of leading scorer James Kinney.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/san-jose-state/2013-schedule.html |title=2012-13 San Jose State Spartans Schedule and Results | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |accessdate=2013-03-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101225030/http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/san-jose-state/2013-schedule.html |archivedate=2013-11-01 }} On March 13, 2013, athletic director Gene Bleymaier, who succeeded Bowen in 2012, fired Nessman.{{cite web|author1=Wilner, Jon |author2=Faraudo, Jeff|title=San Jose State fires basketball coach George Nessman|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_22781045/san-jose-state-fires-basketball-coach-george-nessman|website=San Jose Mercury News|accessdate=March 20, 2015|date=March 13, 2013}}
Under Nessman, San Jose State reported five consecutive years of rising four-year average Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores, including a program-best 940 in the 2011–12 season (because of a perfect one-year 1000 score).{{cite web|last1=Durkin|first1=Jimmy|title=San Jose State men's basketball expects APR sanctions|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_25470576/san-jose-state-mens-basketball-expects-apr-sanctions|website=San Jose Mercury News|accessdate=March 20, 2015|date=April 1, 2014}} However, the APR fell below 930 for the 2012–13 season, Nessman's last as head coach. As a result, the NCAA imposed sanctions on the San Jose State men's basketball program in April 2014 for the following season, including a postseason ban and reduced practice time. Athletic director Gene Bleymaier stated in response to the sanctions: "Last year, we were faced with a situation that needed to be dealt with in a major fashion. The coaching staff was not retained, and several players were not invited back for the 2013-14 season. Only four players returned from the 2012-13 team.{{cite web|title=Men's Basketball Will Incur Anticipated NCAA APR Sanctions For 2014-15|url=http://www.sjsuspartans.com/genrel/040114aaa.html|publisher=San Jose State Spartans|accessdate=March 20, 2015|date=April 1, 2015|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402150838/http://www.sjsuspartans.com/genrel/040114aaa.html|url-status=dead}}
=Harker School junior varsity assistant=
In the 2013–14 school year, Nessman was a junior varsity boys' basketball assistant coach at the Harker School in San Jose.{{cite web |url=http://www.harker.org/page.cfm?p=3321 |title=The Harker School: Basketball |website=www.harker.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704225044/http://www.harker.org/page.cfm?p=3321 |archive-date=4 July 2014 |url-status=dead}} Harker JV finished 18–5.{{cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/harker-eagles-%28san-jose,ca%29/jv-basketball-winter-13-14/schedule.htm |title=JV Schedule - Harker Eagles (San Jose, CA) JV Basketball 13-14 |publisher=Maxpreps.com |date= |accessdate=2022-09-05}}
Justin-Siena High School athletic director
On July 1, 2014, Nessman became athletic director at Justin-Siena High School in Napa, California.{{cite web|title=Justin-Siena names new athletic director|url=http://napavalleyregister.com/sports/high-school/justin-siena-names-new-athletic-director/article_8ccaf7aa-cb37-11e3-9daf-0019bb2963f4.html|website=Napa Valley Register|accessdate=February 20, 2015|date=April 23, 2014}} Nessman on his hiring as Athletic Director, “I think there’s been some outstanding success here. It’s an outstanding place with a real important mission — to serve students and young people. I want athletics to reflect that."{{cite web|last1=James|first1=Marty|title=Justin-Siena names new athletic director|url=http://napavalleyregister.com/sports/high-school/justin-siena-names-new-athletic-director/article_8ccaf7aa-cb37-11e3-9daf-0019bb2963f4.html|website=Napa Valley Register|accessdate=6 July 2015}} In Nessman's first year as athletic director, the Justin-Siena varsity football team won the CIF North Coast Section Division 4 championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/justin-siena-braves-%28napa,ca%29/football/schedule.htm |title=Schedule - Justin-Siena Braves (Napa, CA) Varsity Football 22-23 |publisher=Maxpreps.com |date= |accessdate=2022-09-05}}
Personal life
Head coaching record
=Junior college=
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=Porterville Pirates
|startyear=1993
|conference=Central Valley Conference
|endyear=2001
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1993–94
| name = Porterville
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1994–95
| name = Porterville
| postseason = CCCAA Quarterfinals{{cite web|title=Central Valley Conference men's basketball preview|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CPDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EAE89025A0C3F80&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|work=Fresno Bee|date=November 10, 1995|page=D8}}
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1995–96
| name = Porterville
| conference = 8–6
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 1996–97
| name = Porterville
| conference = 12–2
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1997–98
| name = Porterville
| overall = 29–6{{cite web|author=Betterton, Terry|title=Bad 'break', Renegades end Porterville's run|work=Fresno Bee|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CPDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EAE8A666195333E&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|date=March 14, 1998|page=D2|accessdate=March 27, 2015}}{{cite web|author=Betterton, Terry|title=Porterville reaches semifinals|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CPDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EAE8A65A897D9CB&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|work=Fresno Bee|date=March 13, 1998|page=D4|accessdate=March 27, 2015}}
| conference = 12–2
| confstanding = 1st
| postseason = CCCAA Semifinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1998–99
| name = Porterville
| postseason = CCCAA Quarterfinals
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 1999–00
| name = Porterville
| overall = 33–4
| conference =12–2
| postseason = CCCAA Champions
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| season = 2000–01
| name = Porterville
| conference = 13–1
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Porterville
| overall = 179–74
| confrecord = 73–37
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=Bakersfield Renegades
|startyear=2002
|conference=Western State Conference
|endyear=2004
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2002–03
| name = Bakersfield
| overall = 12–18
| conference =4–8
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2003–04
| name = Bakersfield
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bakersfield
| overall = 24–32
| confrecord = 8–16
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall=203–106
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=College=
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|
|name=San Jose State Spartans
|startyear=2005
|conference=Western Athletic Conference
|endyear=2013
|}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2005–06
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 6–25
| conference = 2–14
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season =2006–07
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 5–25
| conference = 4–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2007–08
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 13–19
| conference = 4–12
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2008–09
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 13–17
| conference = 6–10
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2009–10
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 14–17
| conference = 6–10
| confstanding = T–6th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2010–11
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 17–16
| conference = 5–11
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason = CBI First Round
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2011–12
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 9–22
| conference = 1–13
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
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{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| season = 2012–13
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 9–20
| conference = 3–14
| confstanding = T–8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = San Jose State
| overall = 86–161 ({{winning percentage|86|161}})
| confrecord = 31–96 ({{winning percentage|31|96}})
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
| legend = no
|overall=86–161 ({{winning percentage|86|161}})
}}
References
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